Cole Scores New Offers, Moves Toward Decision

Cave Spring (Roanoke, VA) star Michael Cole had a good week last week, scoring two more official scholarship offers. The 6-2, 200-pound linebacker/safety prospect now boasts five FBS scholarship offers including Duke, Maryland, Ohio, Virginia and Virginia Tech with Maryland and Virginia being the two most recent.

Cole, a rising senior, received the UVa offer last Saturday after performing well at Virginia’s rising junior/rising senior one-day camp.

“Coach London talked to me and my parents after the camp and said I had a home there,” recalled Cole, who was pulled aside by defensive coordinator Jim Reid for an individual workout midway through the camp. “He said he wasn’t trying to rush my decision, but he said they do have a lot of commitments right now. He said they want me bad so I should try to make a decision soon, which I do plan on doing anyway. After I visit Penn State, I could be ready to decide at the end of June or in July.

“It was great talking to Coach London. I talked to him throughout the camp and it was great.”

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